Week 15 EPP - Victorian Tile

This block is based on a Victorian tile from Pinterest.  

The original image was too small and when I blew it up the lines went all fuzzy.  

I drew round the shapes and adapted the design a bit, numbering each piece so I could keep them in the right order. 

I didn't have time to complete the appliqué in time for the Monday Morning Star Count because I had four hours of sitting in a deck chair to get done. And then there was the world cup final.  

I hope to catch up next week when I am going to try curved pieces. (I've said it now, so I'm going to do it.)

This piece has 33 shapes in it, bringing my total to 786.  I will of course be linking up over at Life Under Quilts.  Jessica's link up has helped me - and many others - to keep going with this project.  Thanks, Jessica!

Week 14 EPP - Pentagons

Regular pentagons do not fit together by themselves.  You have to use other shapes to fit them together. 

To make this piece I used an enlarged photocopy from this Dover book...

...and cut out the section I wanted.  I could not be sure that the photocopy was not distorted, so I numbered the pieces and sewed the shapes together in order, starting from the middle.

Here it is part completed shown from the back.  

After I had completed the middle section the shape reminded me so much of the English tudor rose.

The appliqué is slightly wonky - I will have to fix that when I trim the blocks.

I'm still working on enlarging the other pieces and I have three more star shapes to make before I have enough for a 5 ft square quilt.  Now up to 753 pieces overall - I expect I will make 1000 for the finished quilt.  Linking up for the Monday Morning Start Count at Life Under Quilts.